Employee Relations Manager, EMEA

About the role

Clio, a global legal AI technology company, is hiring its first Employee Relations expert for EMEA. The role delivers the global ER framework in the EMEA context, adapting it where local law requires and feeding regional case trends back into global policy. It is based in Dublin and carries high autonomy.

Key responsibilities

• Own the EMEA ER caseload end to end: intake, triage, investigation, resolution and documentation of concerns such as harassment, discrimination, misconduct, performance disputes and policy violations.
• Lead impartial, legally sound workplace investigations, including witness interviews and written findings.
• Advise and coach people leaders on disciplinary processes, grievances, performance management, accommodations and terminations.
• Own the relationship with employee representatives and trade unions in Spain, including information and consultation processes and collective agreements.
• Lead EMEA people compliance programs, mainly for the Spanish group: Equality Plan, salary audit and gender pay gap reporting, Protocol against Harassment, LGBTI+ Plan and whistleblowing channel.
• Implement the global ER case management framework in EMEA and design and maintain EMEA people policies.
• Monitor EMEA employment law developments, partner with Legal and outside counsel, and train managers on ER and labour compliance.
• Report ER and labour relations data and trends to the Manager, Global Employee Relations and regional leadership.

Required profile

• Degree in Employment Law, Labour Relations, Human Resources or a related field; equivalent professional experience is also considered.
• Preferred: post-graduate specialisation or certification in Employment Law, Labour Law or HR compliance (Master's, LLM, CIPD or equivalent).
• 6-8 years of progressive experience in Employee Relations, Labour Relations, Employment Law or HR Compliance, including time supporting ER across more than one country.
• Demonstrated experience leading workplace investigations independently and managing or negotiating with employee representatives and trade unions in Spain.

Required skills

• Working knowledge of employment law across multiple EMEA markets and comfort partnering with outside counsel.
• Deep expertise in Spanish labour law: Estatuto de los Trabajadores, collective bargaining, works councils, equality legislation and recent regulatory changes.
• Ability to create and govern mandatory compliance programs and to write clear, legally defensible policies.
• Autonomy in a matrixed environment, with discretion handling confidential, high-stakes information.